Why Facebook's news feed shake-up may be a smart move to squeeze more money from publishers (GOOG, FB, TWTR)

Friday, 12 January 2018**

· *Facebook will change its news feed so that people will see more updates from friends and family, and fewer organic posts from news publishers and brands.*
· *It's a drastic change for Facebook, which thinks that "passive" news consumption is bad for people's mental health.*
· *But it's also a canny commercial move,...

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